The leading international higher education directory and search engine containing reviews and rankings of more than 13,600 officially recognized universities and colleges in 200 countries, UniRank University Ranking has published a new ranking. So, we are happy to share our successes, which once again show that «KROK» University is well represented in the media space, and all this is possible only thanks to the coordinated and hard work of the team.

The authors of the online ranking note that its results are designed to help students, lecturers and researchers find out how popular a particular university is in a particular country. For this purpose, the UniRank rating uses independent webometric indicators that characterize the attendance of university websites and the mention of the university on the Internet.

We are proud that our social networks and overall Internet presence were rated at a fairly high level (2nd place among the twenty private universities and 45th place among Ukrainian universities).

We sincerely thank everyone involved in the information work on the website and social networks!

January 25, 2024, is a significant moment in the history of our alma mater: Educational and Research Firm «KROK», on the basis of which «KROK» University was founded, celebrates its 35th anniversary.

On this occasion, we would like to congratulate our esteemed founders - Sergii Laptiev, Yulii Hukailo, Liudmyla Parashchenko, and Taras Finikov.

Your contribution to the establishment and development of the educational institution is impressive, and we express our sincere gratitude for your invaluable work. May your wisdom and dedication to education continue to inspire and resonate with students and colleagues. Thirty-five years is just the beginning of new, bright achievements and prospects, so we wish you success and inexhaustible inspiration!

Everything will be Ukraine!

We are deeply pleased and proud to announce that Career Development Center of «KROK» University has received a high award from the leader in IT technologies, SoftServe.

As part of the extremely fruitful cooperation and significant contribution to the development of students, our Career Development Center was awarded the prestigious EDUCATION PARTNER 2023 award.

This award recognizes the high quality of education and the important contribution of KROK University to the training of qualified and competitive specialists for the modern IT environment. Our Career Development Center continues to be committed to supporting students in choosing and realizing their careers, and this award is a confirmation of its success.

We sincerely thank the SoftServe team for the high appreciation of our joint work and the opportunity to educate future leaders of the IT industry. Together we create the future, unleash the potential and shape the best career prospects for our students!

On January 17, 2024, Olha Karpova, Executive Director of KROK Business School, took part in the Summit on «The Challenges of Educating Responsible Leaders for a Better World», organized by the Positive Impact Rating Association for Business Schools at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Such meetings and events are a platform for meeting colleagues from different educational institutions and representatives of business and international organizations, exchanging views, identifying trends and key areas of activity. The Summit was attended by more than 50 people from over 20 countries, including Deans, Directors of Business Schools, Presidents and Vice Presidents, representatives of international organizations and businesses, and student ambassadors. Ukraine was represented at the Summit by Olha Karpova, Head of Business School, and Alina Badina, student ambassador, who were the only representatives of business schools from Ukraine.

During the event, the results of a survey of 12800 Business School students from around the world on the topic «Can business schools become organizations that truly develop responsible leaders and become a positive force for society?» were presented. The key topics identified by students in the PIR 2023 survey that should be addressed by the administration and faculty of educational institutions include the integration of sustainable development topics into curricula and making these topics mandatory for study in all programs, involvement of various stakeholders in projects and learning spaces involving and led by students, diversity and inclusiveness among students.

The second part of the event included roundtables with Deans, Directors, Business Representatives, and students discussing the topic «How a business school can become a school that truly develops responsible leaders and becomes a positive force in society» in a brainstorming session. The discussions were moderated by student ambassadors, who summarized and presented the results of the discussion.

Thus, it can be summarized that KROK Business School is in line with the trend of modern development directions outlined by international experts and professional communities.

On February 22, 2024, Institute of International Education of KROK University held an informational event onlinein the frameworks of the ERASMUS FOR YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS program in Ukraine.

Webinar was organized with the support of the Microfinanza Srl, Italy, for the members of Coordination center of Ukrainian associations in Italy. The event gathered about 50 participants.

"KROK" University was represented by the team of the Institute of International Education

• Andrii LOTARIEV - Director of the Institute of International Education;

• Halyna BOHACHENKO - Director of International Project Office;

• Svitlana OLESHCHUK – Project manager of International Project Office.

The event program included the following activities:

• Presentation by KROK University on how to participate in the program and what is required for it;
• Online speech by Elisa Ferrari, project manager of the program at the Microfinanza Srl. Elisa shared details about participation for Ukrainians and important advice to make the exchange successful;
• Q&A session with organizers;
• Networking.

Many thanks to all the participants for interesting networking and to our partners for sharing invaluable insights, which will greatly contribute to the successful implementation of the project at KROK University!

February 15-16, 2024, the first kick-off meeting within the framework of the Virtual Exchanges Erasmus+ project "Art of Negotiation and Conflict Resolution (Mediation) / ArtNoConflict" was held at the NLBA, Netherlands.  

Halyna Bohachenko, the Director of International Project Office, represented KROK University. 

The meeting was held at the Netherlands Business Academy in Dordrecht, the Netherlands. The rector of the institution, Jan van Zwieten, opened the event and greeted all participants, spoke about practical experience in the field of mediation, about the activities of the academy. During the meeting, all partners made presentations of their universities and organizations, talked about their experience working with young people in the field of mediation, facilitation and negotiations. 

The participants discussed the goal, main tasks and expected results of the project, communication, rules of dissemination, reporting, financial management, requirements for the quality of results, main tasks for the next six months. 

During the second day, all participants visited the Ukrainian school in Dordrecht, which was founded with the support of Jan van Zwieten. The school is managed by Oksana Oliynyk, a graduate of the master's program "Mediation and Conflict Management" at the "KROK" University. The program was developed and implemented within the framework of the MEDIATS project "Mediation: Training and transformation of society". Oksana talked about how they combine two education systems (Ukrainian and Dutch), what help school teachers and the municipality provide to children and their parents, how conflicts are resolved, etc. 

Thanks to the organizers for a productive and interesting meeting, and to all partners of the #ArtNoConflict team for active participation! 

On February 1, 2024, a virtual ceremony of awarding Bachelor’s Diplomas to graduates of the educational program Management (English) was held online in Microsoft Teams.

Bachelor’s Diplomas with Honours and Merit Certificates in Recognition for Dedication, Hard Work and Support were awarded to Ejiofor Chukwuemeka Stephen and Ugbu Embassy Comfort.

The congratulating speeches were given by: Andrii Lotariev, Director of Educational and Scientific Institute of International Education, Anna Drobyna, Head of International Office, Maryna Skalatska, Project Manager of International Office. A video greeting from the University dance studio of "K-Dance" with the composition "In the shadows of Ukraine” was presented during the event.

Dear graduates, we are proud of you! We are glad that despite the difficult times, you managed to successfully complete your studies! We wish you achieving the goals and an easy path towards a new life!

On January 24, 2024, Institute of International Education took part in the Kick-off Meeting for Ukrainian and US Universities, which was organized by Odesa National Economic University, the partner of “KROK” University within Erasmus+ KA 2 #COOPERA project. The main goal of this online event was to discuss the concept of establishing a consortium of Ukrainian universities with a focus on driving Ukraine's reconstruction and integration into the European Union and United States economies.

The event gathered around 20 representatives of Ukrainian and US HEIs.

During the productive meeting partners discussed the possibility to create a consortium to enhance collaboration with U.S. universities, identified the specific areas of potential collaboration within the framework of research and projects application.

“KROK” University is very grateful to ONEU for the invitation to become the part of consortium and that our cooperation is not limited by existing projects but is moving forward! We are excited to open new horizons and implement ideas with the newly established consortium!

Students of "KROK" University continue to join the global trend on Sustainability. Thus, in January 2024, the piloting of another course, "Climate Entrepreneurship", developed within the framework of the EU Erasmus+ project CLIMAN/"Synergy of educational, scientific, management and industrial components for climate management and climate change prevention" (author: PhD in Economics, Associate Professor Olena Naumova) has started. 32 students of the educational program "Management (English)" chose the course as elective one to study in the spring semester of 2023-2024.

Also, 10 students of educational program "Management (English)" (4th year) started the course "Sustainable Strategic Management", developed by PhD in Economics, Associate Professor Olena Bielova, and piloted last semester.

On December 20, 2023, the consulting company CIVITTA Ukraine and the corporate accelerator Radar Tech, as one of the local coordinators of the ERASMUS FOR YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS program in Ukraine, held an informational event at Kyiv, Ukraine.

"KROK" University was represented by the team of the Educational and Scientific Institute of International Education:

• Andrii LOTAREV - Director of the ESIIE;
• Halyna BOHACHENKO - Director of International Project Office of the ESIIE;
• Svitlana OLESHCHUK – Project manager of International Project Office of the ESIIE.

The event program included the following activities:

• Presentation by CIVITTA Ukraine and Radar Tech on how to participate in the program and what is required for it;
• Online speech by Ralph Diestelhorst, project officer of the program and representative of the European Commission (EISMEA). Ralph shared details about participation for Ukrainians and important advice to make the exchange successful;
• Success stories from program graduates;
• Q&A session with organizers and program graduates;
• Networking.

Many thanks to our partners for the invitation and to the program graduates for sharing invaluable insights, which will greatly contribute to the successful implementation of the project at KROK University!